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Mary Chase (née Mary Agnes McDonough Coyle; February 25, 1906 – October 20, 1981) was an American journalist, playwright and children's novelist, known primarily for writing the 1944 Broadway play Harvey, which was adapted into the 1950 film starring James Stewart.
Oct 23, 1981 · Mary Chase, the imaginative playwright who became famous and wealthy by creating an invisible rabbit named Harvey that dwelled in the minds of theater and movie audiences all over the world, died...
After suffering a heart attack, Mary Coyle Chase died on October 20, 1981 in the city of her birth. Four years later, she earned a spot in the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame, and today she is still remembered for her Irish folklore-inspired, fantastical stories and plays, and above all, for the original and charming Harvey.
May 15, 2012 · Mary Coyle Chase won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1945 for Harvey. She was the fourth woman, and remains the only Coloradoan, to do so. The success of Harvey left Chase financially well-off for the first time in her life.
May 10, 2017 · Mary Chase lived a raucous, improbable life. Born Mary McDonough in Denver in 1906, she joked that her family’s home “was not quite on the wrong side of the tracks, but the noise of the trains reached it.”
INDUCTED 1985. Mary Coyle Chase was Colorado’s first Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, for “Harvey,” the fantastical story of a man who lives with an invisible 6-foot tall rabbit. She cut...
Jun 25, 2021 · Playwright Mary Chase won a Pulitzer Prize for Harvey. She was a life-long Denverite who grew up in a working-class Irish family. There's a new biography of Chase, who died in 1981.
